Historic houses · Scottish Islands
Gardie House
Gardie House in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Gardie House is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Gardie House is an 18th-century estate house on Bressay in Shetland, Scotland. Located opposite Lerwick, across the Bressay Sound, Gardie is described by Historic Scotland as an "example of the smaller Scottish country house, unique in Shetland." The house is protected as a category A listed building, and the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, the national listing of significant gardens.
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Background
History
The Henderson family owned Gardie from the 17th century, and in 1724 Magnus Henderson (died 1753) had the present house built. The builder was a mason from Aberdeen named Forbes.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 60.1601, -1.1232
Sources
- wikidata: Q5522513 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Gardie House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Gardie House?
- Gardie House is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 60.1601°, -1.1232°.